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Feb 18, 2021

Henkel and FREEDM Enter Research Partnership

Henkel Corporation and FREEDM Systems Engineering Research Center today announced a new partnership agreement designed to study the impact of materials technology on power electronics applications. Henkel, well-known for its…

Sep 24, 2020

PowerAmerica Wide Bandgap Devices and Applications Short Course

This 2-day online course will enable SiC and GaN power electronics professionals to incorporate this technology into products and systems and fully utilize its benefits. Registration details forthcoming.

Jun 19, 2020

FREEDM Welcomes New Member Danfoss

Danfoss is a global leader in engineering advanced technologies, like AC drives, that work to build a better, smarter, more efficient world.  Founded in 1933 in Denmark to manufacture the first thermostatic expansion valves for…

Dec 13, 2019

Professor Doug Hopkins joins iMaps Exec. Council

Prof. Douglas C Hopkins, Ph.D.,  NC State University Research Professor, FREEDM Faculty and Director of the Laboratory for Packaging Research in Electronic Energy Systems (PREES), has joined the Executive Council…

Sep 10, 2019

FREEDM Technical Webinar Series

Join us later this month for our new technical webinar series designed to share the research we’re doing at FREEDM to lead the electrification revolution. There are two options for…

Mar 15, 2019

See FREEDM In Action at APEC 2019

FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power…

Feb 15, 2019

APEC 2019

  FREEDM Faculty and students will be at APEC 2019 to present research on advances in wide band gap power electronics. APEC, considered to be the leading conference for practicing power electronics…

Nov 8, 2018

FREEDM, ABB and NYPA Partner on Extreme Fast Charger

FREEDM, ABB and New York Power Authority are engaged in a collaborative R&D project to develop and deploy an extreme fast charger for electric vehicles. How extreme? The initial design calls…

Aug 24, 2018

Building the Future: Education and Workforce Programs Give Students the Tools They Need for Career Success

A group of students huddled around tables in a lab at N.C. State University one hot summer day in late July, peering through plastic goggles as they soldered components onto…

Sep 20, 2017

iMaps PDC on Hetergeneous Packaging of Wide Band Gap Power Electronics

Course description: With the recent availability of essentially chip-scale packaged GaN and higher voltage SiC Wide Band Gap (WBG) power devices, the onus is on packaging engineers to expand their…